Following the recent publication of the SME strategy, Kahootz discusses why SME engagement is important and how the Secure Collaboration Platform is supporting the drive to reach more non-traditional defence...
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What is Bid Management? Bid management is the organised response to an invitation to tender. It’s when a business sets up a team to formulate a competitive proposal and...
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Client portals are quickly becoming the preferred method for customers and clients to interact with a business or organisation. Your chosen client portal is the electronic gateway linking you and...
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If your teams are working in silos, where information isn’t correctly shared between departments or divisions, it can lead to low shareholder motivation, reduced confidence in leadership, and poor synergy...
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Congratulations to the FutureNHS Collaboration Platform Team for onboarding and supporting over 200,000 users. By pro-actively empowering users and encouraging collaborations across the health and social care sector, their platform...
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Over the last few years, virtual collaboration (how people work together to get business done in an online environment) has become an increasingly popular way of working in the digital...
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How To Engage With Stakeholders When working on a project, it is important to identify your stakeholders and their needs. Internal and external teams always have some level of interest...
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Known to many unfairly as ‘the snowflake generation’, by the end of next year, millennials will represent more than half of the UK workforce. So regardless of whether you agree...
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Online collaboration is fast becoming a permanent feature of modern workplaces. Companies and organisations are attracted to this option because it allows employees, both in office and remote teams, to...
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It is a simple fact that when people work together, exchanging information, combining their talents, and pursuing common goals, they tend to get more done than those who work independently....
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Productivity is all the rage nowadays, and it seems to be the topic on everyone’s lips. However, being productive isn’t necessarily about working more. According to research, work overload diminished...
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The importance of collaboration in project management is clear. Otherwise, how would we get anything done? However, many organisations lack the collaborative culture and management expertise to keep teams engaged...
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What underpins a successful company culture? At the heart of every organisation is a great leader who can unite, engage and inspire people. Culture, leadership, and business success are often...
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Did you know, organisations with high employee engagement outperform those with low employee engagement by 202%? The benefits of this are clear. You’re likely to see an increase in productivity...
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Did you know poor communication reportedly costs UK businesses a staggering £2.7 billion a year? Many organisations rely excessively on email for communication. However, this approach often creates more problems than...
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Once you have built your business case for your collaboration software, you then need to work out the best way to engage your workforce with the system. To obtain the highest...
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If you didn't know already, there are many benefits to collaborating. Organisations are now beginning to realise this too, with one study finding that 75% of employers rate team work...
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Traditional ways of working are fast becoming a thing of the past. Not only is there the rise of the digital workplace, but traditional leaders are also being left behind....
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If you’re currently working in an office, you soon might not be. By 2020, flexible working is set to be the default option for most employers (according to CIPD). Why...
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With 75% of employers rating team work and collaboration as “very important,” you would presume that they are investing a great deal of time and resources into improving collaboration within...
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Good communication is undoubtedly one of the most important project manager skills. One survey suggests that productivity improves by 20-25% with connected employees, and the statistics certainly back this up!...
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Working with unengaged people in an organisation isn’t fun. When you’ve got tight deadlines to meet and difficult stakeholders to manage the last thing you need is for team members...
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File sharing is essential for successful document collaboration. However, as the pressure on traditional ways of working intensifies, many organisations find it difficult to share documents securely, efficiently, and in...
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"Uber, the world's largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world's most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world's...
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If you’re going to make a rod for your own back, it’s a good idea to create it from the most flexible material possible. That’s the feeling some in the...
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Agile. The buzzword of the moment. But do you really know what it means? And if you do, is your definition the same as everyone else’s? These are tricky questions...
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Across the public sector, collaboration is changing the way people work. Departments and agencies are achieving more, for less money, by bringing teams together and joining up with external partners...
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Perhaps the most challenging part of any procurement process is pre-market engagement. This is the period before you invite submissions from suppliers and it gives you a valuable opportunity to:...
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Sometimes it’s a little too easy to take your own industry’s language for granted. I realised this the other day when someone at a public sector event asked me ‘what...
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One of the most positive results of the Government’s ‘digital by default’ agenda is the way it’s inspiring public sector organisations to experiment with Cloud software. Freed from the restrictions...
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New technology has transformed the way the public sector can engage with stakeholders. When you need to inform, consult or collaborate with individuals or organisations, you no longer have to...
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There’s a paradox at work in todays’ public sector. On the one hand, organisations are being encouraged to develop shared services, increase transparency and involve more external partners in their...
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In our recent post ‘Digital stakeholder software: what are the options?’ we saw that canny public sector organisations are opting to use Kahootz online collaboration software for digital stakeholder engagement....
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Are you looking to elevate your stakeholder engagement strategies to new heights? This comprehensive guide delves into the dynamic world of engagement mapping, a tool reshaping how organisations interact with...
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The story so far: In the first post in this series we showed you how to map stakeholders according to their levels of interest and influence, and then select the...
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Background to this post: In the first post in this series we showed you how to map stakeholders according to their levels of interest and influence, and then select the...
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Communication tools for stakeholder engagement When it comes to managing stakeholder engagement, the public sector is fast switching to digital channels in its quest to reach out to people. This...
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Almost every business shares files by email, and in many cases it’s the most quick, convenient and effective way to do it. If a client asks for a quote, a...
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How to choose the right online collaboration tool for your public sector organisation When public sector organisations understand there’s a compelling business case for adopting online collaboration tools, their first...
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As this series of blog posts for marketing agencies has progressed, we’ve explored a series of major benefits that online collaboration can bring you. Chief among these have been: Improving...
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In the last post we shared tell-tale signs that your marketing agency’s communications with clients might be in need of an overhaul. As marketing agencies grow, they have a tendency...
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Ways to reduce employment costs without cutting staff Perhaps the toughest decisions that are made in the current public sector ‘do less with more’ culture concern staffing. Make no mistake:...
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